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(Previous Incident Code: R816)
Multiple sources reported that a woman died and five other civilians wounded in alleged Russian airstrikes on Khan Sheikhoun.
The syriannewsdesk, and Halab Today TV were among sources that blamed the attacks on Russian warplanes, specifying the use of cluster bombs.
The Shaam News Network reported that some of those injured involved “cases of amputation due to the explosion of cluster bombs” and “civil defense teams worked to transport the injured to medical hospitals and collect cluster bombs that did not explode to spare civilians from the risk of (further) explosions”.
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Reports of the incident mention the town of Khan Shiekhoun (خان شيخون), for which the generic coordinates are: 35.44208, 36.65095. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.